Born in 1962—Tom Newberry (Wisconsin La Crosse/LG)…2/50/1986…when the Rams couldn’t get anything right in the NFL Draft…they seemed to get this one…Mike Schad was taken ahead of him #23 overall…a year later, 1987, Donald Evans…a year before, 1985, the Rams spent #50 overall on WR Chuck Scott…
Newberry played nine seasons with the Rams…ten in the NFL (Pittsburgh)…First team all-pro twice… 6-2/285…131 games for the Rams he started 28….started for the Steelers in 1995 and started and played in Super Bowl 30 against the Cowboys.
Never had a surgery while playing…has had a successful post-career.
